Treasury Yields at Multi-Month Lows
U.S. Treasury bond prices ended higher Friday, after a strong Thursday rally and heavy overnight buying carried over.
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Yearend Planning Can Help Come Tax Time Taking some simple tax and financial planning steps in the next few weeks can save you money next spring.read more...
KeyCorp sells Champion Mortgage to HSBC, Fortress (Reuters via Yahoo! News) KeyCorp , a large Midwest U.S. bank, on Friday said it agreed to sell its Champion Mortgage subprime lending unit to Britain's HSBC Holdings Plc and investment firm Fortress
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Hong Kong New Mortgage Lending Falls 5.9% in October (Update1) (Bloomberg) Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong mortgage lending fell for a third month in October as an economic recession drove down property and stock prices.read more...
207,000 jobs added in July, the most in 5 months (Reg Req'd) Employers expanded their payrolls by 207,000 in July, the most in five months. Unemployment stayed steady at a relatively low 5 percent, reflecting a growing number of people being drawn
Bear Stearns Posts Loss After Mortgage Writedowns (Update4) (Bloomberg.com) Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Bear Stearns Cos., the securities firm that helped trigger the collapse of the subprime market, reported its first-ever loss after writedowns for mortgage holdings and declines